Syrian town Sadad braces for ISIS attack: Repulsed by the steadfastness of its resistance fighters
Posted on: November 3, 2015
Sadad braces for ISIS attack:
Repulsed by the steadfastness of its resistance fighters
After ISIS captured the nearby town of Mahin (10 km away from Sadad). The mostly Christian Village of Sadad (in East Homs) braced to defend it.
Nov 2, 2015 by Zaman al-Wasl (opposition website)
The Syrian regime forces lost Mahin for second time in two years.
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters took the central town of Mahin, east of Homs city, for the second time in two years, sparking fears of invasion in a nearby ancient Christian town, an affiliate news agency reported Sunday.
Activists said the radical Islamic group seeks to control the Assad regime’s largest ammunition depots amid fears of invading the neighboring Christian town of Sadad, about 25 kilometers southeast of Mahin.
The capture of Mahin came three months after ISIS successfully seized Qaryatain, located in the middle of the cities of Homs, Palmyra and Damascus.
Osama Edward, the director of the Assyrian Human Rights Network in Syria, said hundreds of families have fled the town of Sadad toward the government-held city of Homs and the capital, Damascus.
Christians make up about 10% of Syria’s prewar population of 23 million people.
Sadad was captured briefly in 2013 by members of the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, but was later retaken by government forces.
This article was edited by The Syrian Observer.
Note: 10 martyrs of the Syrian National Social Party resistant fighters in Sadad paid the tribute to repulse the ISIS attack that approached the town in total darkness, lights of trucks out, and taking a route in a ravine invisible to the defenders.
The defenders returned fires haphazardly for 45 minutes until rescue arrived to drive back ISIS adventurers.
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